A child on a bike with training wheels rides with his mom on Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa, December 2024. He is learning to have an active lifestyle, helping to protect the environment, and more likely to become a lifelong cyclist because he is safe.
E-Bikes – Enabling a Car-Lite Lifestyle and More
This article in Momentum Magazine highlights how e-bikes are shifting urban transportation. It is based on a case study in the Jiading district of Shanghai, China. In addition to the usual benefits of lower car use and enabling older or less-athletic people to go longer distances, it notes that people with e-bikes actually do more […]
Winter Cycling Congress highlights
Board members Dave and Florence went to the Winter Cycling Congress earlier this year, hosted in Edmonton. Excited as we are about riding through the summer, we’re also thinking hard about what they learned.
Ottawa’s winter bike network: Time to grow up!
Ottawa’s Winter Cycling Network is made up of 50 kilometres of cycling tracks, pathways, and recommended routes that are maintained year-round for people riding bikes. Maintaining safe cycling infrastructure year-round is critical for encouraging a shift to sustainable transportation. A map of the network is shown below. The network has only expanded by 10 kilometres […]